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J. A. STAPLES. UPHOLSTERY.

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- edge of which springs are applied in accord- IJNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

JOHN A. STAPLES, OF NEWBURG, NEW YORK.

UPHOLSTERY. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,115, dated July 2,1895. Application filed February 23, 1895. Seria1No. 539,386,- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. STAPLES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newburg, inthe county of Orange and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Upholstery, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure I is a view in elevation of myspringsupporting angle-bracket in its simplest and preferred form. Fig.II is a detail view showing a modification in which eyes are subs ti-Fig. III is a view in elevation representing a modified form of bracket.Fig. IV is a perspective view representing a still further modificationof the form of the bracket with a cone spring applied thereto. Fig.Vis aperspective View of my improved corner spring-attaching plate. Figs. VIand VII are similar views showing modified forms thereof. Fig. VIII is aperspective View of portion of a lounge-frame, to the ance with myinvention.

Fig. IX is a sectional elevation thereof.

My present invention relates particularly to the placing of springsalong the edges. of upholstery frames in such a manner as shall greatlyfacilitate the labor, reduce the cost of materials, and improve thequality of what is known in the art as spring-edge work.

Fig. I shows an angle-bracket made out of wire, with alaterally-extending arm 8, an elbow-bend 4, downwardly and inwardlyextending oblique arm providing a brace 5, and points 6 7 to drive,respectively, into the upper and inside vertical surfaces of theframe-piece, and having a corrugated place 8 to assist in securing thesmall end of a cone spring 9 to the bracket. This bracket may also bemade with eyes 6 '7 in the ends, as shown in Fig. II, to admit of beingsecured to the frame with nails or screws, or it may be made, as shownin Fig. III, with the place 8 for attaching the spring lying somewhatbelow the upper surface of the wood. I have shown this bracket with acorrugation in the top to secure the spring thereto, in connection withthe crossing-wire similarly corrugated, as illustrated in my Pat-" entNo. 482,908, dated September 20, 1892.l

However, as there are very many ways of securing a spring to a wire, andas the general form of this bracket is what I desire to protect, I donot wish to limit myself to any special "method of attaching a springthereto.

Fig. IV shows a similar bracket made from a band of strap-iron orsimilar flat sheet of metal with a provision for attaching a springthereto. These brackets may be readily attached by nails or screws, asshown. As in the case of the wire bracket, I do not wish to confinemyself to any special method of attaching the spring to this metalbracket. In both instances it will be seen that the upper hori zontalpart of the bracket extends inward from theinside vertical edge of theframe far enough to admit of securing a spring thereto, and thencebackward in a sloping direction to attach to the frame. I have hereshown portions 10 bent up from the corrugations 8 in the top of thebracket 5 to receive the lower coil of the small end of the spring 9.

In the bracket, as shown in Figs. I, III, VIII, and IX, there is a dentor corrugation 8 where the spring is intended to be secured, which, inconnection with a crossing-piece 11 of wire, similarly corrugated,enables me to screw on the small ends of the springs 9 at the crossingvery securely.

By running the piece of corrugated wire 11 along from bracket to bracketin this way a series of springs 9 can be placed along the edge and boundfirmly together at the crossings, as shown in Fig. VIII. It will be seenthat if a spring of proper diameter be used and placed in this manner anatural edge is produced with the spring in proper position with no loss.of materials.

In nearly all upholstery-frames there are blocks secured on the insidecorners to give additional security to the joints. In the case ofcouches and lounges itis customary to have the legs 12 project up toform these blocks to nail to, as shown in Fig. VIII. In order to havethe corner spring on a spring-edge job 5 come out properly at thecorners'in these instances, it is customary to secure an hour-glassspring to the top of this block by means of double-pointed tacks. Thismakes an insecure fastening, and also the large coils near" wood bymeans of nails or screws, as shown in Fig. VIII. The plate 13 has ahole16 made at one side or at other suitable point of the raised circularpart 15 sufficiently large to' admit of the reception of the end of thesmall coil at the lower end of the cone-shaped spring a 9. Thecup-shaped part of the plate is on the inside approximately thesize ot'the first'coil of the spring and preferably slightly greater indiameter. As the spring enters the cup, as shown, and is screwed on, thecoils of the s rin increase in diameter and wed "e a ainst the insiderim of the circular-shaped cup and also downwardly against a wood bottomand upwardly against the top of the plate, mak

ing a most secure fastening and one cheaply made and easily applied.

It is not absolutely necessary to have the top of the cup-shaped part ofthe plate entirely closed, as it will be equally effective if only a rimor flange were thrown inward, as shown in Fig. VII.

The advantages of'being able to use aconeshaped spring secured in thismanner are that in many cases there is not room enough to provide spacefor the base of a regular hourglass or double cone spring and also thatthe single cone is a more effective and stiffer spring to carry the edgeat the corner and is far more securely fastened to the wood, standingperfectly upright, and there being no noise when it is vibrated.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination with a frame-piece; of a bracket extendinglaterallyfrom the framepiece, having its top approximately in the plane of theupper surface of the frame-piece and a spring seated upon and secured tothe bracketby a coil at its small end, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a-frame-piece; of an angle bracket comprising anupper arm extending laterally from the upper surface of the frame-piece,and a downwardly and inwardly extending oblique arm providing a brace,and a cone spring seated on and secured to the bracket bya coil atitssmall end; substantially as described.

3. The combination of an angle-bracket, consisting of a laterallyextending arm 3 having means for securing it to the upper surface of aframe-piece, a corrugation for seat- 'ing the spring, and a downwardlyextending oblique arm providinga brace 5 having means for securing it tothe vertical surface of the frame-piece, and a spring seated upon andsecured to the bracket at its small end; substantially as described.

4. The combination of an angle-bracket, consisting of a laterallyextending arm 3 having a downwardly projecting point 6 for securing thebracket to the upper surface of a frame-piece, a corrugation for seatingthe spring, and a downwardly extending oblique arm providing a brace 5having a projecting point 7 for securing the bracket to the verti calsurface of the frame-piece, and a spring seated upon and secured to thebracket at its small end; substantially as described.

5. The combination of the frame piece with a bracket made of wire, oneend of such bracket being turned downward to enter the upper surface ofthe frame piece and also extending inward from the inside edge of theframe piece a sufficient distance to admit of securing a spring to itshorizontal or nearly horizontal surface, and thence downwardly and backin asloping direction to the inside vertical edge of the frame andhaving an end turned inward toward the frame-piece adapted to be driveninto the same, and a spring adapted to be secured to the horizontal ornearly horizontal surface of said bracket, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the frame piece of a bracket formed of wire,resting on the upper surface of the frame piece and having means forattaching it thereto, a substantially horizontal inward extensioncorrugated to receive a spring and a downward and backward slopingportion adapted to be fastened to the inside vertical surface of theframe piece, a spring attached to the upper surface of such bracket bymeans of the corrugations in the horizontal portion of the wire and asimilarly corrugated crossing piece of wire; the bracket, the cross-wireand the base of the spring beinginterwoven at such crossing,substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a frame-piece; of the spring supporting armextending laterally from the surface of the frame-piece, a springsupported on the arm at one side of the framepiece, and a braceextending from the arm to the frame-piece, and secured to the latterbeneath the arm, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a frame-piece; of the spring supporting bracket,comprising an arm extending laterally from the surface of the framepiece, and a downwardly and inwardly inclined arm, and a spring seatedand supported on the bracket at one side of the frame piece;substantially as described.

9. A plate for securing the springs of upholstery formed with acup-shaped center having a hole at one side for the insertion of thesmall end of the coil of a volute spring; substantially as described.

